[captainkrypto]

I've spent the past week setting up my 10v to dual boot OSX(10.5.8) and Windows XP Pro SP3 mostly using information from this site. Pretty much everything is running great!

I have a 2GB stick of RAM on the way and I was wondering what, if any, kind of issues I could expect if I install the RAM at this point?

I see most of the guides recommend having the RAM install prior to the OS, but they don't say why... other than the obvious.

Has anyone upgraded the RAM after everything was set up? Run into any issues with Windows or OSX?

Thanks for your comments.

[MarkProvanP]

There should not be any problems, no matter which OS or combination of them you run.

All modern OSes are quite happy with changing amounts of RAM, so long as they are rebooted properly (no hibernate/sleep) after when swapping it.

[captainkrypto]

Originally Posted by MarkProvanP

There should not be any problems, no matter which OS or combination of them you run.

All modern OSes are quite happy with changing amounts of RAM, so long as they are rebooted properly (no hibernate/sleep) after when swapping it.

Eeeke! You swap out RAM with the computer running?!?!

Off-topic, but reminds me of this joke:

The Harley Mechanic and the Cardiologist

A mechanic was removing a cylinder-head from the motor of a Harley motorcycle when he spotted a well-known cardiologist
in his shop. The cardiologist was there waiting for theservice manager to come and take a look at his bike when the mechanic shouted across the Garage, 'Hey Doc, want to take a look at this?' The cardiologist, a bit surprised, walked over to where the mechanic was working on the motorcycle. The mechanic straightened up, wiped his hands on a rag and asked, 'So Doc, look at this engine. I open its heart, take the valves out, repair any damage, and then put them back in, and when I finish, it works just like new.

So how come I make $39,675 a year and you get the really big bucks ($1,695,759) when you and I are doing basically the
same work?' The cardiologist paused, smiled and leaned over, then whispered to the mechanic...

'Try doing it with the engine running.

[MarkProvanP]

Originally Posted by captainkrypto

Eeeke! You swap out RAM with the computer running?!?!

No, I meant that you don't hibernate or sleep the netbook while changing the RAM, since the hardware would expect to find 1GB of RAM for putting the hibernate image back into (or sleep, I can't remember which one dumps the RAM contents to disk).

Off-topic: You know, but when you are talking about computers and servers which run banks and stock exchanges, they can remove and add processors, RAM and complete systems while they are still running. Hot swappable parts do add to the price of a system though, most likely in the tune of several times the actual cost of hardware.

[bmcclure937]

Originally Posted by MarkProvanP

No, I meant that you don't hibernate or sleep the netbook while changing the RAM, since the hardware would expect to find 1GB of RAM for putting the hibernate image back into (or sleep, I can't remember which one dumps the RAM contents to disk).

Off-topic: You know, but when you are talking about computers and servers which run banks and stock exchanges, they can remove and add processors, RAM and complete systems while they are still running. Hot swappable parts do add to the price of a system though, most likely in the tune of several times the actual cost of hardware.

****ALL OF THIS IS OFF TOPIC!****

Yes, that is because of a thing called redundancy. Servers are not only comprised of a single machine running with dual quad-core CPUs or and 32Gb of RAM... they are made up of many server blades redundantly configured in a rack.

If something goes wrong with one blade, there is failover and redundancy

In a system like this it is easy to upgrade/swap out/change RAM, storage, CPUs and power supplies. Imagine how big of a hassle it would be to do this without having a redundant system. There would be so much downtime it would be completely impractical for the business world!

(P.S. this is not only used in banks and stock exchanges... any large corporation, along with small businesses, have hot-swappable servers and a network that has been engineered for fail-over in case of natural disaster or maintenance)

****ON TOPIC****

[GINTER]

Just replaced 1 GB with 2 GB in my 10v, no issues.